A. Reasonable And Proper Speed:
1. No person shall drive a vehicle of the first division, as described in section 6-1-3 of this chapter, upon any public highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and proper, having regard to the traffic and the use of the way, or so as to endanger the life or limb or injure the property of any person. If the rate of speed of any motor vehicle of the first division through the business district of the village exceeds twenty five (25) miles per hour, or if the rate of speed of any such motor vehicle while operated upon any public highway where the same passes through the residence district of the village exceeds twenty five (25) miles per hour, such rates of speed shall be prima facie evidence that the person operating such motor vehicle is running at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper, having regard to the traffic and use of the way, or so as to endanger the life or limb or injure the property of any person.
2. The speed of all vehicles of the second division, as described in section 6-1-3 of this chapter, shall always be reasonable and safe and be governed as near as may be by the general requirements of state law, but such speed shall not exceed the rate of speed as prescribed and limited by the laws of the state in relation to said vehicles of the second division.
B. Hazardous Conditions: The fact that the speed of a vehicle is lower than the prima facie limits shall not relieve the driver from the duty to decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hillcrest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway or when special hazards exist with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or highway conditions, and speed shall be decreased as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person or vehicle or on entering the highway in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use care. (1966 Code § 355; amd. 2013 Code)